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Govt cancels Rs.12,000 cr bond auction to curb fiscal deficit

The government has cancelled the Rs.12,000-crore bond issue, cutting short its market borrowing programme for the current financial year with an aim to contain the fiscal deficit at...

February 22, 2013

Fact Box: ‘Gwadar Port’ and ‘Chabahar port’

China assumes control of Gwadar Port China has taken control of Pakistan’s Gwadar Port located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf just outside the strategically important Strait...

February 22, 2013

Fact Box: Mercury Treaty

Mercury treaty to be adopted by 140 countries Around 140 nations will adopt the world’s first legally binding treaty on mercury. Objective: The Treaty aims at reducing global...

February 22, 2013

Severe extinction threat to various Indian reptiles

As per an analysis of Zoological Society of London along with IUCN species survival commission: 19% of turtles, lizards, snakes, crocodiles and other reptiles were facing severe threat...

February 22, 2013

India, Sri Lanka ink anti-terror, tax evasion agreements

India and Sri Lanka inked two distinct pacts on fighting international terrorism and avoidance of double taxation with the aim to enrich bilateral relationships. Both sides also talked...

February 22, 2013

Fact Box “Europa”

About Europa: Moon of Jupiter 6th closest moon of Jupiter Smallest of Jupiter’s 4 Galilean satellites Discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei Slightly smaller than Earth’s Moon Composition:...

February 22, 2013

NTPL signs pact with banks for 1,000-MW project

A consortium of banks which includes Bank of India, Indian Bank and Central Bank of India has agreed to lend Rs. 937 crore for the 1,000-MW NTPL power...

February 22, 2013

Viswanathan Anand wins Grenke Classic

World chess champion Viswanathan Anand scored an emphatic victory over German Arkadij Naiditsch to clinch the Grenke Chess Classic trophy.

February 22, 2013

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February 22, 2013

SEWA founder Ela Bhatt conferred with Indira Gandhi Peace Prize

Self-Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA) founder Ela R Bhatt has been conferred with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2011. The...

February 21, 2013

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